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International Journal of Production Research Volume 48, 2010 - Issue 7
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Uniform workload assignments for assembly line by GA-based amelioration approach

ReaKook Hwang Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hiroshi Katayama Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Pages 1857-1871 | Received 10 May 2008, Accepted 16 Oct 2008, Published online: 11 Mar 2009

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